Pinboard: bookmarks for bradbarrish tagged 'sociology'

Some teens are flocking to MySpace. And some teens are flocking to Facebook. Which go where gets kinda sticky, because it seems to primarily have to do with socio-economic class.

facebook myspace culture sociology socialnetworking research trends teens technology academic
june 2007 by bradbarrish

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Graphic: How Class Works - New York Times
cool culture demographics economics money sociology
june 2007 by bradbarrish

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Young Jeezy's 'White Girl' treads where Imus stumbled - Los Angeles Times

The race-baiting song has been greeted with a mutual shrug by both rap fans and the mainstream media.

music hiphop business sociology popculture culture news
april 2007 by bradbarrish

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Mixing Memory : What Does Your Music Say About You?

People's musical preferences good indicators of their personality make up. At least, that's the finding of research coming out of the lab of social psychologist Sam Gosling

music psychology research science sociology neuroscience blog
march 2007 by bradbarrish

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lens culture: Blake Fitch

Fitch shows us two adolescent girls experimenting with trying on new identities, breaking out or fitting in to the preconceptions and roles for which they’ve both been groomed. Here we see an emergence of those identities.

future photography sociology youth art
march 2007 by bradbarrish

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Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll -- New York Magazine

As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.

privacy culture socialnetworking youth technology parenting psychology sociology sex popculture
february 2007 by bradbarrish

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Online World As Important to Internet Users As Real World?

Large numbers of Internet users hold such strong views about their online communities that they compare the value of their online world to their real-world communities, according to the sixth annual survey of the impact of the Internet conducted by the US

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november 2006 by bradbarrish

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Music - AARP - Report - New York Times

Older consumers (along with children) represent one of the few reliable markets in the music business these days, and AARP, the organization for older Americans, is keen to capitalize on that.

music business sociology marketing future nytimes news
november 2006 by bradbarrish

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List of faux pas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Common or notable faux pas in various cultures

culture sociology wikipedia travel
november 2006 by bradbarrish

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Introduction to Social Network Methods: Table of Contents

There's some good data in here, but it's a litte dense for my brain

LIVE socialnetworking marketing sociology
october 2006 by bradbarrish

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Tattoos, piercings slip into dress codes - Yahoo! News

For some companies, allowing body art can be a boon — it attracts young workers that may not feel welcome in more conservative environments, said Paul Forster, CEO of the job search Web site Indeed.com (which shows that postings for tattoo artist have s

popculture sociology news
october 2006 by bradbarrish

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It’s Official: To Be Married Means to Be Outnumbered - New York Times

Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American households, have finally slipped into a minority, according to an analysis of new census figures by The New York Times.

sociology culture statistics
october 2006 by bradbarrish

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trend report - Porn Normal

Aspects of porn surround us, unlike the porn of 10 years ago that remained shrouded in mystery and hidden in backrooms. The Playboy-like sex industry as we once knew it has become a reinforcement of conformity.

marketing culture popculture research sociology
september 2006 by bradbarrish

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The New Yorker: Fact: THe Risk Pool by Malcolm Gladwell

What’s behind Ireland’s economic miracle—and G.M.’s financial crisis?

business politics sociology history money
august 2006 by bradbarrish

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Don't Marry Career Women - Forbes.com

Guys: A word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career.

career sociology news
august 2006 by bradbarrish

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Differences between the sexes | The mismeasure of woman | Economist.com

That boys and girls—and men and women—are programmed by evolution to behave differently from one another is now widely accepted

psychology research science sociology statistics culture news
august 2006 by bradbarrish

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Amazon.com: That's Not What I Meant!: Books: Deborah Tannen

Part pop psychology, part sociology and part anthropology, this book by a linguistics professor at Georgetown University focuses on the uncomfortable moments when a conversation inexplicably breaks down, and suggests how such awkwardness can be avoided.

books wishlist psychology sociology communication
august 2006 by bradbarrish

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Psychology Today: A Nation of Wimps

Parents are going to ludicrous lengths to take the bumps out of life for their children. However, parental hyperconcern has the net effect of making kids more fragile; that may be why they're breaking down in record numbers.

health psychology youth sociology
august 2006 by bradbarrish

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Text speak changing relationships: British survey - Yahoo! News

Mobile phone text messages are changing the way people approach romantic relationships, according to a survey published in the British newspaper The Times

mobile sociology culture trends
july 2006 by bradbarrish

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MSN Dating & Personals - Are you better off single?

Not only do you have the freedom to do anything you want—it’s also the best time in history to be flying solo

psychology sociology
july 2006 by bradbarrish

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Discovery Channel :: News - Human :: Serious Study: Immaturity Levels Rising

The adage "like a kid at heart" may be truer than we think, since new research is showing that grown-ups are more immature than ever

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june 2006 by bradbarrish

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